DevOps Jobs in the North of England

DevOps
England > North of England

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for DevOps skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited DevOps over the 6 months to 28 May 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 May 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 22 13 9
Rank change year-on-year -9 -4 0
Permanent jobs citing DevOps 1,446 2,300 2,739
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 7.95% 13.90% 14.87%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 9.71% 14.37% 15.80%
Number of salaries quoted 947 1,171 1,707
10th Percentile £38,750 £41,250 £38,750
25th Percentile £47,500 £51,250 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £62,500 £60,000
Median % change year-on-year -4.00% +4.17% +11.11%
75th Percentile £77,500 £77,715 £75,000
90th Percentile £92,500 £90,000 £86,750
England median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £70,000
% change year-on-year -7.14% - +7.69%

All Process and Methodology Skills
North of England

DevOps is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 14,895 16,001 17,330
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 81.86% 96.69% 94.11%
Number of salaries quoted 11,380 7,839 10,706
10th Percentile £27,500 £31,250 £29,000
25th Percentile £37,074 £40,000 £38,386
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% +5.26%
75th Percentile £65,000 £70,000 £66,250
90th Percentile £80,000 £81,250 £80,000
England median annual salary £55,000 £62,500 £60,000
% change year-on-year -12.00% +4.17% +9.09%

DevOps
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing DevOps as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing DevOps in the North of England.

Salary trend for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing DevOps in the North of England over the 6 months to 28 May 2024.

Salary histogram for DevOps in the North of England

DevOps
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing DevOps within the North of England region over the 6 months to 28 May 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
North West -6 902 £62,500 -3.85% 163
Yorkshire -7 450 £59,526 -2.70% 95
North East -1 96 £60,000 +9.09% 32
DevOps
England

DevOps
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 85 (5.88%) ArcGIS
1 85 (5.88%) GeoServer
2 51 (3.53%) Confluence
3 24 (1.66%) SharePoint
4 21 (1.45%) IIS
5 16 (1.11%) CMS
6 10 (0.69%) Umbraco
7 9 (0.62%) Apache Solr
8 8 (0.55%) Microsoft Exchange
9 7 (0.48%) Apache Spark
10 4 (0.28%) Apache
10 4 (0.28%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
11 3 (0.21%) Apache Airflow
11 3 (0.21%) Captiva
11 3 (0.21%) FileNet
11 3 (0.21%) WebSphere
12 2 (0.14%) Adobe Experience Manager
12 2 (0.14%) Drupal
12 2 (0.14%) nginx
12 2 (0.14%) WordPress
Applications
1 19 (1.31%) Microsoft Project
2 10 (0.69%) Microsoft Excel
3 8 (0.55%) MS Visio
3 8 (0.55%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.28%) Microsoft Office
4 4 (0.28%) Trello
5 2 (0.14%) Adobe Illustrator
5 2 (0.14%) Adobe XD
5 2 (0.14%) Sketch
6 1 (0.069%) GNU Octave
6 1 (0.069%) Microsoft PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 37 (2.56%) Dynamics CRM
2 13 (0.90%) Dynamics AX
3 8 (0.55%) Magento
4 7 (0.48%) Shopify
5 6 (0.41%) Dynamics NAV
6 2 (0.14%) SystmOne
7 1 (0.069%) Dynamics GP
7 1 (0.069%) NEC Housing
7 1 (0.069%) Primavera
7 1 (0.069%) Temenos T24
Cloud Services
1 864 (59.75%) Azure
2 539 (37.28%) AWS
3 415 (28.70%) Azure DevOps
4 178 (12.31%) GCP
5 96 (6.64%) Power Platform
5 96 (6.64%) Serverless
6 89 (6.15%) GitHub
7 78 (5.39%) IBM Cloud
8 68 (4.70%) Azure Service Bus
9 66 (4.56%) Amazon S3
10 60 (4.15%) Dynamics 365
11 56 (3.87%) SaaS
12 53 (3.67%) Cloud Computing
13 50 (3.46%) Azure Logic Apps
14 49 (3.39%) Amazon EKS
14 49 (3.39%) Azure Functions
15 45 (3.11%) AWS CloudFormation
15 45 (3.11%) Azure API Management
16 44 (3.04%) Amazon Kinesis
16 44 (3.04%) OCI
Communications & Networking
1 33 (2.28%) Firewall
2 32 (2.21%) DNS
3 22 (1.52%) Network Security
4 20 (1.38%) WAN
5 16 (1.11%) LAN
6 12 (0.83%) TCP/IP
7 9 (0.62%) VPN
8 8 (0.55%) HTTP
9 7 (0.48%) Internet
9 7 (0.48%) MQTT
10 6 (0.41%) VoIP
10 6 (0.41%) Wireshark
11 5 (0.35%) DHCP
11 5 (0.35%) Multicast
11 5 (0.35%) Wi-Fi
11 5 (0.35%) WLAN
12 4 (0.28%) Unified Communications
13 3 (0.21%) HTTPS
13 3 (0.21%) SSL
14 2 (0.14%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 190 (13.14%) PostgreSQL
2 158 (10.93%) SQL Server
3 104 (7.19%) NoSQL
4 88 (6.09%) Relational Database
5 85 (5.88%) GIS
5 85 (5.88%) QGIS
6 73 (5.05%) Data Warehouse
7 66 (4.56%) BigQuery
8 65 (4.50%) MySQL
9 63 (4.36%) MongoDB
10 61 (4.22%) Looker
11 59 (4.08%) Amazon RDS
12 47 (3.25%) DB2
13 46 (3.18%) DynamoDB
14 45 (3.11%) Power BI
15 31 (2.14%) Amazon Aurora
15 31 (2.14%) Data Vault
15 31 (2.14%) Redis
16 30 (2.07%) RDBMS
17 28 (1.94%) Azure SQL Database
Development Applications
1 170 (11.76%) Git
2 131 (9.06%) JIRA
3 95 (6.57%) Jenkins
4 75 (5.19%) GitLab
5 32 (2.21%) Postman
6 31 (2.14%) Team Foundation Server
7 28 (1.94%) Selenium
8 26 (1.80%) CircleCI
9 25 (1.73%) Visual Studio
10 23 (1.59%) Jasmine
11 19 (1.31%) Cypress.io
12 17 (1.18%) Gatling
13 16 (1.11%) Karma Test Runner
14 15 (1.04%) IBM UrbanCode
15 14 (0.97%) SonarQube
16 13 (0.90%) Cucumber
17 12 (0.83%) Octopus Deploy
18 11 (0.76%) Appium
19 10 (0.69%) Bitbucket
19 10 (0.69%) TeamCity
General
1 339 (23.44%) Social Skills
2 185 (12.79%) Finance
3 160 (11.07%) Analytical Skills
4 155 (10.72%) Public Sector
5 80 (5.53%) Retail
6 72 (4.98%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 70 (4.84%) Banking
8 64 (4.43%) Law
9 34 (2.35%) Legal
10 31 (2.14%) Presentation Skills
11 30 (2.07%) Organisational Skills
12 27 (1.87%) Marketing
13 22 (1.52%) Games
14 18 (1.24%) Aerospace
14 18 (1.24%) Billing
15 17 (1.18%) Electronics
15 17 (1.18%) Influencing Skills
16 16 (1.11%) Pharmaceutical
17 15 (1.04%) Automotive
18 9 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 363 (25.10%) Developer
2 322 (22.27%) Senior
3 203 (14.04%) DevOps Engineer
4 195 (13.49%) Software Engineer
5 182 (12.59%) Lead
6 114 (7.88%) Architect
7 113 (7.81%) Data Engineer
8 99 (6.85%) Platform Engineer
9 81 (5.60%) Senior Software Engineer
10 77 (5.33%) .NET Developer
11 76 (5.26%) Full Stack Developer
12 75 (5.19%) Senior Developer
13 74 (5.12%) Senior DevOps
13 74 (5.12%) Senior DevOps Engineer
14 66 (4.56%) Software Developer
15 62 (4.29%) Principal Engineer
16 59 (4.08%) Principal Data Engineer
17 58 (4.01%) Azure Developer
18 54 (3.73%) Azure Engineer
19 52 (3.60%) Cloud Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 380 (26.28%) .NET
2 256 (17.70%) React
3 219 (15.15%) CSS
4 165 (11.41%) .NET Core
5 162 (11.20%) Node.js
6 149 (10.30%) AngularJS
6 149 (10.30%) HTML
7 120 (8.30%) REST
8 110 (7.61%) ASP.NET
9 100 (6.92%) Web Services
10 86 (5.95%) PostGIS
11 85 (5.88%) Leaflet
11 85 (5.88%) OpenLayers
12 76 (5.26%) .NET Framework
12 76 (5.26%) Vue
13 69 (4.77%) JSON
14 68 (4.70%) Twitter Bootstrap
15 67 (4.63%) jQuery
16 63 (4.36%) RESTful
17 53 (3.67%) ASP.NET Core
Miscellaneous
1 98 (6.78%) Hybrid Cloud
2 93 (6.43%) Public Cloud
3 81 (5.60%) Cloud Native
4 79 (5.46%) Self-Motivation
5 78 (5.39%) Blockchain
6 66 (4.56%) Data Structures
6 66 (4.56%) Product Ownership
7 51 (3.53%) Management Information System
8 45 (3.11%) Algorithms
9 37 (2.56%) Distributed Systems
9 37 (2.56%) e-Learning
10 35 (2.42%) Private Cloud
11 34 (2.35%) Blog
12 27 (1.87%) Mobile App
13 26 (1.80%) Media Streaming
14 25 (1.73%) Greenfield Project
15 23 (1.59%) Legacy Systems
15 23 (1.59%) NHS
16 21 (1.45%) Data Centre
16 21 (1.45%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 173 (11.96%) Linux
2 143 (9.89%) Windows
3 61 (4.22%) Android
4 58 (4.01%) Apple iOS
5 31 (2.14%) Windows Server
6 16 (1.11%) VMS
7 13 (0.90%) Ubuntu
8 11 (0.76%) Unix
9 8 (0.55%) Windows Server 2012
10 7 (0.48%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
11 6 (0.41%) Windows 10
11 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2016
11 6 (0.41%) Windows Server 2019
12 3 (0.21%) Amazon Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Embedded Linux
12 3 (0.21%) Mac OS
12 3 (0.21%) Windows Server 2008
13 2 (0.14%) Windows 7
14 1 (0.069%) CentOS
14 1 (0.069%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 822 (56.85%) Agile
2 384 (26.56%) CI/CD
3 357 (24.69%) Software Engineering
4 294 (20.33%) Mentoring
5 259 (17.91%) Problem-Solving
6 230 (15.91%) Infrastructure as Code
7 189 (13.07%) Web Development
8 168 (11.62%) Scrum
9 164 (11.34%) Coaching
10 156 (10.79%) Roadmaps
11 153 (10.58%) Containerisation
12 151 (10.44%) Continuous Integration
13 140 (9.68%) Actionable Insight
14 139 (9.61%) Full Stack Development
15 134 (9.27%) Test Automation
16 133 (9.20%) Microservices
17 123 (8.51%) Artificial Intelligence
18 121 (8.37%) Design Patterns
19 117 (8.09%) Analytics
20 115 (7.95%) Platform Engineering
Programming Languages
1 391 (27.04%) C#
2 359 (24.83%) JavaScript
3 297 (20.54%) Python
4 285 (19.71%) SQL
5 185 (12.79%) Java
6 133 (9.20%) TypeScript
7 89 (6.15%) PowerShell
8 59 (4.08%) PHP
9 53 (3.67%) Bash
10 41 (2.84%) T-SQL
11 39 (2.70%) Go
12 34 (2.35%) VB.NET
13 29 (2.01%) Scala
14 23 (1.59%) C
15 20 (1.38%) Groovy
16 19 (1.31%) Ruby
17 16 (1.11%) Bicep
17 16 (1.11%) VB
17 16 (1.11%) VB6
18 13 (0.90%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 187 (12.93%) Security Cleared
2 180 (12.45%) Degree
3 157 (10.86%) SC Cleared
4 71 (4.91%) Computer Science Degree
5 36 (2.49%) Azure Certification
6 30 (2.07%) Microsoft Certification
7 21 (1.45%) DV Cleared
8 20 (1.38%) AWS Certification
9 18 (1.24%) DBS Check
10 14 (0.97%) CISSP
10 14 (0.97%) PMI Certification
11 13 (0.90%) CIPD
12 10 (0.69%) PMP
12 10 (0.69%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
13 9 (0.62%) Master's Degree
14 8 (0.55%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
15 6 (0.41%) (ISC)2 CCSP
15 6 (0.41%) CCSP
15 6 (0.41%) Cisco Certification
15 6 (0.41%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 87 (6.02%) GDPR
1 87 (6.02%) QA
2 50 (3.46%) Data Quality
3 24 (1.66%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 21 (1.45%) Accessibility
4 21 (1.45%) NIST
5 17 (1.18%) PMO
6 15 (1.04%) PCI DSS
7 11 (0.76%) SLA
8 8 (0.55%) PSD2
9 4 (0.28%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.069%) Actionable Recommendations
10 1 (0.069%) ISO/IEC 27002 (supersedes ISO/IEC 17799)
10 1 (0.069%) P3O
System Software
1 184 (12.72%) Docker
2 39 (2.70%) Active Directory
3 26 (1.80%) Virtual Machines
4 22 (1.52%) Hyper-V
5 9 (0.62%) Virtual Desktop
6 8 (0.55%) Firmware
6 8 (0.55%) VMware Infrastructure
7 7 (0.48%) IAG
8 4 (0.28%) Embedded Firmware
8 4 (0.28%) VMware Server
9 2 (0.14%) VMware ESXi
10 1 (0.069%) Dovecot
10 1 (0.069%) Postfix
Systems Management
1 292 (20.19%) Terraform
2 259 (17.91%) Kubernetes
3 86 (5.95%) Ansible
4 65 (4.50%) Prometheus
5 39 (2.70%) Progress Chef
6 34 (2.35%) Grafana
7 14 (0.97%) Single Sign-On
8 13 (0.90%) Puppet
9 12 (0.83%) CA Single Sign-On
10 11 (0.76%) Microsoft Intune
11 6 (0.41%) Nmap
12 5 (0.35%) SCOM
13 4 (0.28%) Kibana
13 4 (0.28%) Podman
14 3 (0.21%) Packer
15 2 (0.14%) logstash
15 2 (0.14%) Rundeck
16 1 (0.069%) Istio
16 1 (0.069%) yum
Vendors
1 285 (19.71%) Microsoft
2 120 (8.30%) Google
3 100 (6.92%) IBM
4 85 (5.88%) ESRI
5 84 (5.81%) Red Hat
6 58 (4.01%) Oracle
7 44 (3.04%) Databricks
8 36 (2.49%) Dynatrace
9 29 (2.01%) ServiceNow
10 25 (1.73%) Informatica
11 19 (1.31%) Splunk
12 16 (1.11%) Adobe
13 14 (0.97%) CyberArk
14 12 (0.83%) Atlassian
14 12 (0.83%) CA
15 11 (0.76%) VMware
16 10 (0.69%) New Relic
16 10 (0.69%) YouTube
17 8 (0.55%) Duck Creek
18 7 (0.48%) Salesforce